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单词 attornment
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attornment

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at·torn

A0511300 (ə-tûrn′) Law intr.v. at·torned, at·torn·ing, at·torns v.intr. To recognize or bring about a transfer, especially of property.v.tr. Archaic To transfer (something) to another.
[Middle English attournen, from Old French atorner, to assign to : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + torner, to turn; see turn.]
at·torn′ment n.

attornment

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attornment

1 in sale of goods, the acknowledgement that goods are held on another's behalf. 2 agreement by a tenant to hold his land from the owner of the fee.

ATTORNMENT, estates. Was the agreement of the tenant to the grant of theseignory, or of a rent, or the agreement of the donee in tail, or tenant forlife, or years, to a grant of a reversion or of a remainder made to another.Co. Litt. 309; Touchs. 253. Attornments are rendered unnecessary, even inEngland, by virtue of sundry statutes, and they are abolished in the UnitedStates. 4 Kent, Com. 479; 1 Hill. Ab. 128, 9. Vide 3 Vin. Ab. 317; 1 Vern.330, n.; Saund. 234, n. 4; Roll. Ab. h.t.; Nelson's Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. h.t.

attornment

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Attornment

The consent to the transfer of a right. Attornment may be expressed or implied. For example, if a renter continues to live in his/her apartment after the landlord sells the property to a new owner, the renter implies attornment and the new owner becomes the new landlord. The term derives from English feudalism.

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